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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 475-221 BC
Period Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period
Dimensions 13.8 cm
Object number 934.17.258
Credit Line Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Description
Flat round silvery coloured mirror. Concave rim with narrow flat raised edge. Very small circular centre (loop missing), raised disc with projecting quatrefoil (Lotus Flowers). Surrounding wide concave bands forming zig-zag lozenges, 4 contained in raised circles, 3 of them containing green stones.  Each circle with quatrefoil, each petal with upturned points.  Space between lozenges with similar petals.  All quatrefoils linked by stem-like bars filled with slanting lines.
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